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Many girls (and the occasionally guy) send questions regarding who and how William and Harry can marry. There is an old law which dictates that in order to keep their place in the line of succession (ie if William wants to be king) that the girl must be 1) non-Catholic and 2) not divorced.
However, although not requirements it is likely that the girl will be Protestant, white, upper-class, and British. She will also have to have the strength of mind and
character to deal with being in the limelight 24/7.
Harry will have a little more choice in his selection, but he like William will have to ask the Queen (or reigning monarch) for approval before marrying.
Also the questions about having an interracial marriage has been brought up in e-mails. It has not been common particularly in the British
royal household and probably won't happen anytime soon. Britain is a very traditional union and anything upon royal blood, they like to keep their
race pure. Although if it did happen (i.e. if William was in an interracial relationship) he and the girl would
be facing the Queen and the public opinion, and perhaps he may even lose his line of succession to the throne.
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This is explanation was sent in by Mary (THANK YOU!) and I thought it did the
job of explaining everything. So, here it is:
The law that dictates that
those in succession to the throne cannot marry a Roman Catholic is not from the
time of Henry VIII but from the time of William III and Mary II. It is called
the Act of Settlement of 1701. The law was enacted because James II (Mary's
father) married a Catholic as his second wife. He soon had a son with her, and
since he had only previously 2 (Protestant) daughters, Parliament and the people
became worried that they would have to return to Catholicism. Their solution?
Depose James II and put Mary and her husband William of Orange (also her first
cousin) on the throne. William and Mary died childless and her sister Anne who
ruled alone for twelve years also died childless. It was because of the Act of
Settlement at that time, in 1714, that instead of going to Catholic members of
the Royal Family who had stronger claims (Bonnie Prince Charlie, grandson of
James II) the Hanovers of Germany (starting with George I) became the Kings and
Queens of England. The present Royal family rules under this law and it is
strictly enforced. For example, H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent married a Catholic
and is no longer in succession, he would have been about 20th. To make a long
story short, Prince William cannot and will not marry a Catholic woman if he
wants to keep the throne. When William is King he will be the head of the Church
of England (Anglican), it would just look silly for him to marry outside of his
faith.
